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Children’s Guardian Fund President Hal Hedley presents plaques to Mark Richmond from Furniture Warehouse and Phillip Tavill, CEO of Children First.

The proposed Lift Station 87 building design is now shorter, but it’s still troubling in the eyes of some nearby residents.

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with Paul Thorpe, a long-time downtown leader who had also been advocating for an advertising campaign highlighting the heart of the city. As the leader of earlier downtown marketing efforts, Thorpe has firsthand experience with the challenges of corralling the various stakeholder groups behind one cause.

Until recently, no group had stepped forward to confront those challenges.

“There was a big vacuum for 10 or 15 years almost where nothing seemed to be coming together as a united front,” Thorpe said.

The team initially started out under the auspices of the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association last September, distributing 100,000 informational brochures with the header “We Are Downtown.” Since then however, they’ve branched out on their own as the Downtown Marketing Co-op. They’ve also gotten more ambitious; as the mall’s Oct. 16 opening draws

The Lift Station 87 project is undergoing yet another change — and, yet again, the new proposal has upset some residents.

This time, it’s the lowering of the building’s height that’s drawing concerns.

The wastewater facility has evolved from an underground structure to, as recently as last week, a more than 64-foottall building. The building first moved aboveground due to city concerns about the facility’s ability to withstand severe storms. After a series of community workshops, engineering firm McKim & Creed arrived at the taller design after accounting for maintenance needs, sound mitigation and aesthetics.

Project leaders held another meeting earlier this month to present that design to the community. Because the midpoint of the roof was 45 feet high — 10 feet taller than the maximum height allowed in the zoning code — the project would need to receive a waiver from the city to move forward.

At that meeting, the proposed design got a mixed reception.

Some in attendance believed there was a way to construct a shorter structure, which they felt would be more in keeping with the rest of the neighborhood.

At the Sept. 15 City Commission meeting, Vice Mayor Susan Chapman — who attended that community workshop — voiced her concerns about the proposal.

“The last building that was proposed not only has a lot of very expensive windows in it, but it also is 50 feet tall,” Chap-

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Paul Thorpe and Tre Michel are spearheading an advertising effort to highlight some of the distinctive characteristics of the downtown area. Banners will adorn downtown light poles as part of the campaign.

Downtown groups unite to promote the district Before the Mall at University Town Center opens, downtown leaders are launching a campaign to keep shoppers in the heart of the city.

For more than a year now, much of the action of downtown businesses and organizations has been colored by one question: What’s going to happen when the mall opens?

The coming Mall at University Town Center has factored into the discussion of potential beautification projects, inspired questions about parking management and set off concerns about departing merchants.

Various downtown organizations — including the Downtown Improvement District, the Downtown Sarasota Alliance and the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association — have prioritized staying competitive with the new shopping center when it opens in October.

Tre Michel, the owner of State of the Arts Gallery at 1525 State St., is one of many downtown merchants facing the looming specter of an imposing competitor.

Although she is optimistic about what the district

had to offer, she, too, thought downtown was missing a key element that would hurt its ability to stand out when the mall opened: promotion.

“What inspired me was driving around downtown one day and realizing it was better than it had ever been,” Michel said.

“All we needed to do was get that in print and tell people.”

Rather than sit back and hope for the best, she decided to take initiative. Michel teamed up

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nearer, they hope to raise $140,000 in support of a year-round campaign promoting downtown business.

In addition to the print brochures, that campaign would include TV ads, social media efforts and light pole banners.

The group is working with Visit Sarasota County to produce a singular, comprehensive map listing the various dining, shopping and entertainment options throughout the entirety of the downtown area. Throughout the past year, Michel said, they’ve received an outpouring of support from the merchants they’re representing.

“One merchant would hear about what we were doing, and they would give an idea,” Michel said. “It was a contagious series of ideas.”

To raise the campaign money, Michel

LIFT STATION / FROM PAGE 1A man said. “That is way out of scale for that area.”

The Lift Station 87 project team went before the city’s Development Review Committee Sept. 17 — and the proposed design for the building had been updated to lower the height of the structure. The team had withdrawn the requested height waiver five days earlier and submitted a design within the confines of the zoning code instead.

The midpoint of the roof is now at 35 feet, though the building is still 58 feet tall at its highest point.

McKim & Creed project leader Robert Garland said the majority of the feedback the team got suggested residents were concerned about the height of the building, and so city staff decided to pull back the waiver request.

“It appeared there was more support for the lower roof profile,” Gar-

and Thorpe have sought support from the various downtown organizations — and, in the process, worked to overcome the divisions that produced the vacuum Thorpe described.

“It’s meant to be all-inclusive, to try to get over the hump of the splinter groups,” Michel said. “It’s meant to draw everyone in and have everyone excited.”

The group has already secured a commitment of $72,000 from the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association and $15,000 from the Downtown Improvement District.

Michel said the campaign would attempt to shine a light on the distinguishing characteristics of downtown, making it stand out not only from the mall but from the city’s existing shopping district.

Those characteristics include the proximity to the bayfront, the cultural offerings and the number of local shops.

“What we wanted to focus on is what

makes downtown different than the mall and different than St. Armands,” Michel said. “Every commercial, every digital banner ad, every print ad will focus on what makes us different.”

Thorpe hopes to see other downtown stakeholders back the marketing effort, particularly those embarking on multimillion-dollar developments in the area. In his eyes, the continued success of downtown businesses is crucial to the success of downtown as a whole.

“We’re going to go talk to the people that are coming to town and spending lots of money to be here, encouraging them to support the program,” Thorpe said. “It benefits them — if downtown continues to grow and prosper, it’s good for someone who has a hotel with 200 rooms.”

Thorpe and Michel said the biggest challenge they’ve faced is coordinating the various downtown factions and getting them to unify behind one project. In

this case, they say, coordination is essential to the campaign — and to the longterm health of the downtown district.

“We’ve all got to be working together and unite as one team,” Thorpe said.

“We’re all downtown Sarasota. Working together is the most important thing.”

From a merchant’s perspective, Michel says she’s not as worried about the potential loss of business to the mall. She cites a survey in which 63% of respondents indicated they would visit the mall three or four times a year and says quarterly visits shouldn’t threaten the livelihood of downtown businesses.

She thinks the work done by downtown organizations is enough to counterbalance the shoppers who are drawn to the mall, and that highlighting the area may even grow business in the coming months.

“Nobody thinks this is not a good time downtown,” Michel said. “Everybody is much more positive than negative.”

land said. “We’re trying to include the residents and the public in our decisions the best we can.”

At the Sept. 15 commission meeting, Chapman said she was worried about resident backlash if the taller design went through. A shorter building would have broader support, she suggested.

“The previous rendition was 36 feet, and it was accepted by the neighborhoods at community meetings before,” Chapman said.

Already, however, the

newest proposal has been the target of criticism. On Saturday, three residents of the Central Park II condominiums sent emails to city staff questioning the changes.

When the taller design was presented to residents, Garland explained that shorter designs required the placement of some air-conditioning units on the roof of the building, rather than storing them inside.

“It could be noisy,” Garland said about a shorter design at a community workshop earlier this month. “By using a pitched roof, we can now house all the equipment inside.”

Central Park II residents are now worried about the increased potential of noise issues affecting their condominium, which borders the site of the lift station in Luke Wood Park.

“If we are trading off height for noise,

then as a resident of the nearest habitation, Central Park II, I have to object most strongly and intend raising the matter at the next commission meeting,” David Coe wrote.

Garland said McKim and Creed would work to redesign the air-conditioning system so that it could be placed inside one of two steeples located on the north side of the building.

Chapman responded to a message from Coe, stating that the decision was based on the goal of lowering the height of the structure. Donna Gannon Coe, another Central Park II resident, suggested the most recent change to the design neglected the input gathered from residents over the past several months.

“Several of us have faithfully been attending all the meetings, including the engineers’ meetings, and have agreed to the raised height,” Donna Gannon Coe wrote.

“It wasn’t until the last meeting when the ruckus was raised by those who have no idea what’s been discussed all along. This is not right.”

Left: The taller Lift Station 87 design is modeled after the historic Hover Arcade.

The shorter building maintains most of the design, but is now 35 feet at its highest point.

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Ringling film expansion shoots for economic growth Ringling College believes a multimillion-dollar, 30,000-square-foot soundstage and post-production studio in Newtown will help bolster the economy countywide.

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ingling College of Art and Design President Larry Thompson announced the school’s plans for the construction of a new digital filmmaking complex Friday, which he believes will impact both the school and the regional economy.

The project, which totals roughly 30,000 square feet, is planned to span almost one block from Central Avenue to Cocoanut Avenue along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way and 25th Street. The building is slated to include a multimedia soundstage and a professional post-production studio, amenities targeted at growing the college’s digital filmmaking program.

The building will be used for commercial purposes in addition to educational ones.

By giving production companies the means to work in Sarasota, Thompson said, the project would have an impact beyond the confines of the Ringling campus.

“We hope to be able to expand this whole film area and make it a multimedia region for economic development,” Thompson said.

Thompson said the project is a collaboration between multiple public and private entities. Sarasota County committed a $1.75 million grant to the college for a post-production studio in 2010. Thompson created the plans with David Shapiro of Semkhor Networks, which co-founded Ringling’s Digital Filmmaking Studio Lab. As part of the digital filmmaking program, which was created in 2008, Ringling and Semkhor have provided

ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET Since the 2010 opening of Ringling College’s Digital Filmmaking Studio Lab, students at the college have already had the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from a number of noteworthy professionals in the field, including: • Werner Herzog — director, “Grizzly Man,” “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” • Anna Paquin — actress, “True Blood,” “The Piano” • Forest Whitaker — actor, “The Last King of Scotland,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” • Matt Dillon — actor, “Crash,” “There’s Something About Mary” • Paul Schiff — producer, “Rushmore,” “My Cousin Vinny”

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Ringling College President Larry Thompson outlines the location of the city block-sized film complex the school plans to build. students with the opportunity to work with many film professionals. Shapiro, who will manage the commercial aspect of the new project, said the relationship fostered with those professionals convinced him production companies would be willing to come to Sarasota to work.

“Just through these conversations we’ve already had, we feel there’s a solid chance to get things in here,” Shapiro said.

Thompson said he hoped to see the state begin to offer tax credits for film production to make the new facility more enticing, and praised the county for having such credits in place already. Shapiro said the tax credits would help, but that the feedback from professionals who have worked with Ringling students suggested the studio would be an enticing location no matter what.

In terms of the actual content produced, Shapiro said that feature-length films would be great, but that his main focus was on episodic content. Whether it’s TV shows, Web series or commercials, Shapiro said those productions represented a growing industry that comes with its own benefits.

“It’s much steadier work, and it just keeps expanding,” Shapiro said.

Thompson said the new project, on which “Moonrise Kingdom” co-writer Roman Coppola is serving as a consultant, would also provide additional professional opportunities for students.

“What we really want is for our students to make the connections, to learn from these professionals about the craft and about the art of making movies and doing entertainment media,” Thompson said. “That was the goal.”

In addition to drawing more professional companies to film in Sarasota, Thomp-

son said this will give Ringling students the chance to work on those commercial productions. Thompson said networking plays a particularly important role in film.

The plans expand the campus’ footprint westward along the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way corridor. Thompson said the school was excited by the opportunity to enhance its connection to the Newtown neighborhood, and that he believes the project will serve as a catalyst for economic growth in the area.

Sarasota Mayor Willie Shaw said the project would bring needed energy and economic activity to the area.

“What we’re going to do here is not only going to increase what is Ringling,” Shaw said. “It is going to increase this whole corridor as we go forward.”

Ringling, Semkhor and BHS Properties are collaborating on the construction of the property, which is slated to begin in 2015 and targeted for completion in 2016. Thompson said the costs are still to be determined, but said that it was roughly a $5 million to $7 million investment. He said adequate funding for the project should already be secured, though the college is still interested in philanthropic donations.

In addition to the film complex, Ringling College is also working on the construction of a new 46,000-square-foot library and hopes to grow its student body by 15% in the next three to five years.

Those involved with the film studio project believe the plans for expansion will lead to significant economic growth, as well.

“We think this could really be a very great success,” Shapiro said. “Everyone we’ve brought in has had this positive reaction to Sarasota — it’s been fun showing the industry what Sarasota is all about.”

The Observer video team hit the Ringling campus to see what students thought of the new project — and to find out the dream directors they’d like to see visit once it’s completed. Visit YourObserver.com for the full video.

Casey Nelson, sophomore Dream director: Ben Stiller

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“Just having the equipment in one place and being able to go there and film things without having to travel to a far location — it’ll be nice to have it right on campus.”

Sebastian Selinski, junior Dream director: Spike Jonze

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“I’m excited for the underclassmen that will get to use it and what that’ll bring for the department and students and Sarasota.

I intend to bring my work back here.”

Liam Jordan, freshman Dream director: Steven Spielberg

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“It’s really going to improve and make everything a lot easier — just the fact that it’s all going to be in one place and all going to be state-of-the-art equipment. I’m expecting the best.”

The Sarasota County Commission considered a proposal Tuesday to help fund a Harvest House project to help the homeless.

Harvest House sent a letter to both the city of Sarasota and the county in September, asking them to help the organization fund a homeless families housing project. The organization had raised the funds to purchase nine duplexes and one single-family home on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, between Tuttle and Chester avenues.

However, the organization needed about $400,000 to renovate the units.

Harvest House requested the county fund the full $400,000, and it asked the city to give the county $150,000 for the project.

The City Commission denied the request with little comment during a special meeting Sept. 9. Mayor Willie Shaw said in the meeting that the city would be focusing on other efforts to address the homelessness issue.

County Commissioner Nora Patterson asked if there was money from another source that could be used for Harvest House’s request. She suggested seeing if the city or a private philanthropist would match the county’s funding.

“They weren’t very kind to Harvest House during that meeting,” County Commissioner Christine Robinson said of the city’s response. She said she doubted the city would be willing to match any funds.

“They go into attack mode on whoever tries to assist,” Robinson said.

“They’re not willing to discuss it.”

County Commissioner Carolyn Mason suggested the board wait until the current fiscal year ended in a few weeks and find out if there are any leftover funds to help the organization.

The board requested that the county administration compile a list of funds that might be leftover, and also reach out to Harvest House to see what the organization could accomplish with less funding than the $400,000 it had requested originally.

COMMISSION WRAPUP At Wednesday’s County Commission meeting, the board discussed:

+ Stand-up paddleboarding Regarding a March proposal to shrink the swim zone to allow an area for stand-up paddleboarding on Siesta Key and to allow a vendor to rent boards from the concession stand, county staff recommended commissioners not approve the proposal but continue to look into other opportunities for SUP. The commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the staff’s recommendation.

Commissioner Joe Barbetta, the only commissioner to vote against the staff recommendation, supported the proposal because the proposal stipulated that the vendor would supervise the SUP users while they were in the water, providing some kind of instruction.

“Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to have someone supervise this?” he asked.

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+ Wallenda to speak at historical marker dedication The Sarasota County Historical Commission is placing a historical marker at the Sarasota bayfront, and Nik Wallenda will be the guest speaker.

The new marker at Island Park Drive and Marina Plaza will highlight the history of the downtown bayfront.

Wallenda, Sarasota native and “King of the Highwire,” walked the wire across Bayfront Drive in 2013. He will be the featured speaker, along with county and city officials and Jeff Lahurd, county historian.

The bayfront marker commemoration ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 4., across from the “Unconditional Surrender” statue at Island Park Drive and Marina Plaza.

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Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke may get the chance to poke fun at the machinations of Sarasota government when he arrives for a Tiger Bay Club event Dec. 4, at Michael’s On East.

O’Rourke’s visit will include a speech, a question-and-answer session and a book signing. The program, which begins at 11:30 a.m., costs $70.

“He’ll talk books, politics and a little of everything,” said Sarasota Tiger Bay Club Executive Director Kim Noyes.

O’Rourke’s latest work, “The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way ... And It Wasn’t My Fault ... And I’ll Never Do It Again,” skewers the post-war generation. He spent two decades reporting for Rolling Stone and Atlantic Monthly, and served as editor-inchief of the National Lampoon.

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+ Mote reveals more details about bayfront plan Next month, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium leaders will appear before the City Commission to request a commitment to a vision that includes a new aquarium on five acres of city-owned bayfront land.

In the meantime, those leaders seek to coalesce community support behind that vision. On Tuesday, Mote President and CEO Michael Crosby spoke at an Argus Crosby Foundation meeting, publicly outlining the organization’s once-closely guarded vision for the future.

As part of its 2020 Vision and Strategic Plan, Mote wants to devote its City Island campus almost entirely to the laboratory and relocate its aquarium.

Following years of research and feasibility studies, Mote concluded that the optimal location for a new aquarium would be at what is currently the Van Wezel parking lot.

Crosby said Mote would seek a five-acre site from the city, and that consultants recommended a facility in the range of 70,000 to 90,000 square feet.

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County to finish portion of Siesta seawall The county has restarted work to fix its side of the Bay Island Park seawall, but the city’s side will have to wait until it has more funding.

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ference of $114,378 when the project was completed.

However, in August 2013, the project was halted because the contractor, CB Construction Services Corp., defaulted after the death of the firm’s president and CEO, Cresente Bautista. The project had to select a new contractor, and the cost increased. That increased the city’s cost by about $200,000, Bair said. The city said it could not fund the extra expense and it asked to withdraw from the joint agreement. The county approved the request at its Wednesday meeting.

This year, the county is replacing its section of the wall. The new contractor, Duncan Seawall, Dock & Boat Lift, received the notice to proceed with construction June 9 and is in the process of removing the old panels. The project is slated to be mostly complete by December.

The construction contract is for $950,551. Because the city is no longer involved, the county will apply the full amount of the $823,451 grant to its portion of the project. The cost covers new construction plus the removal and disposal of the previous contractor’s work — about 100 panels of seawall, Bair said. The original contractor had done only a little work to the city side of the wall; the new contractor will grout a

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After more than a year of setbacks, the Siesta seawall project at Bay Island Park is again underway — at least on the county’s side.

The park is divided in ownership: The county owns the portion on the south side of Siesta Drive, and the north side is city-owned.

Visitors use the park for fishing and boating, and firefighters use the park as a mooring location during operations on the spoil islands nearby.

“It’s a much-used park,” said County Commissioner Nora Patterson.

The wall is 40 years old. Brenda Bair, the project design manager and a professional engineer with the county’s Public Works department, said that seawalls generally can last a little longer, but the one on Bay Island suffers from erosion issues.

The park closed for construction in March 2013, when the county and city entered into a joint agreement to replace 800 feet of the seawall. The agreement stated the county would manage the replacement for both sides, and the county received a $823,451 grant from the West Coast Inland Navigation District.

The county divided the funds and gave the city $317,742 for its side of the park. The city’s cost for the project exceeded that amount, but the city agreed to pay the dif-

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The new contract price is higher than the original one because of the extra fill material needed. Because the project was stalled so

long, erosion occurred behind the panels that were already installed.

A small portion of the county’s side of the park is now open, but county staff recommends park goers use caution when visiting it.

County staff has made an effort to reduce the fencing and construction materials at the park to keep it from looking like a “war zone” after more than a year of being closed, Bair said.

Bair said the city will seek to use one of its own contractors to repair its side of the wall in the next few years.

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For the past 12 years, Anthony Mathuson, owner of Tony’s Used Appliances, in the Sun Haven Plaza, has kept some appliances — including washers and dryers — outside his storefront. He takes them inside at the end of each day. Frequently, the products outside are not for sale, he said, but are waiting for customer pick-up or are newly acquired.

But in Sarasota County, businesses are not permitted to display their merchandise outside.

Mathuson said he wasn’t even aware of the law until last year, when a county code enforcement officer told him there had been complaints about his goods outside.

That led the owner of Sun Haven Plaza, Jane Nelson, to seek a special exception to the code on behalf of two of her tenants.

She requested to allow Mathuson to display used appliances on the sidewalk next to his storefront and in one parking space near the store and Goldcoast Pawn, the pawnshop adjacent to the appliance store, to display bicycles outside.

The Planning Commission approved the exceptions in a 7-2 vote Sept. 18, but the requests brought up a larger question: How does the county decide who receives an exception from the law?

At the meeting, Commissioners Michael Moran and Rob Morris voted against the request based on aesthetic concerns.

“We go to great lengths on this board … to keep Sarasota beautiful,” Moran said.

“This request is simply too much for me to

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Commissioner Vanessa Carusone supported the proposal based on past approved requests. In February, the commission approved a request for another business to display its golf carts outside, she said.

“I support it only because it’s already been done,” she said. “I don’t like the idea of things being placed outside, but it’s more about what fits.”

Commissioner Philip Kellogg said he drives past the appliance store every day and he’s never noticed the items outside.

“I don’t have a problem with it,” Kellogg said.

The request now goes before the County Commission for approval.

Planning Commission Chairman Bob Burrus said the request brought up the larger issue of aesthetic guidelines in the county. He told the board during his recent

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discussed at Wednesday’s County Commission meeting. As a first public hearing on the issue, the board was not required to take action, but it stated similar concerns to the Planning Commission’s issues with the special-exception request last week.

Commissioner Nora Patterson said the Siesta Key Village Association had relayed to her that it would support the change as long as the county would enforce the law.

“Ordinances have largely been ignored,” Patterson said.

Commissioner Christine Robinson voiced concern about the staff time that could be spent enforcing some of the specific stipulations in the amendment.

“I can see the code enforcement officer out there with a tape measure,” she said.

Both she and Commissioner Joe Barbetta said they were concerned with the generality of items that could be displayed outside, with no clear definition of what products were allowed.

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“I don’t see too much of a problem with appliances,” Burrus said. “It’s a bigger question. … We’ve talked about the nature of advertising in other venues here, but it would be our prerogative to talk about the nature of the look of businesses. It would be worth some thought.”

By comparison, the Planning Commission approved an amendment to the Siesta Key Overlay District at its Aug. 7 meeting with little discussion. The amendment, which Siesta Key businesses drafted in February, allows businesses to apply for a $25, one-year permit to display their wares outside their stores.

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At the expense of others It never ends. It’s the worst at the federal level, but it also occurs incessantly at the local level. Frederic Bastiat, a French Revolution-era journalist and economist, called it “a fatal tendency of mankind” and the desire of people “to live and prosper at the expense of others.”

“This fatal desire,” Bastiat wrote in his classic book, “The Law,” “has its origins in the very nature of man — in that primitive, universal and insuppressible instinct that impels him to satisfy his desires with the least possible pain.”

This “fatal tendency” manifested itself at least three times in the past two weeks here in Sarasota: 1) A few residents and property owners near the La Palme Royale bed and breakfast, also known as the historic PerryBurns residence on South Palm Avenue, have blocked the sale and demolition of the home — at least for now. They argue the home should be preserved for historic nature and should not be allowed to become a site for an 18-story condominium.

Nevermind the owners — the owners — of the property and home haven’t been able to make the B&B profitable. The building is aging, damaged and not up to current codes. They want to sell.

But in typical fashion, as Bastiat noted in the 1840s, the preservationists and opponents to development want the city — that would be taxpayers — to pay to preserve the home.

And here is one of the kickers to this story: After the city Historic Preservation Board sent the residents’ appeal to the City Commission, the city obliged the residents and waived the nearly $1,600 fee normally required in such cases. Another charge taxpayers eat.

2) A few miles north, in the 1,200-home Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores neighborhood, residents lost in their five-year hopes and quest of having Sarasota County purchase an 8.4-acre site on Bay Shore Road for a park.

They came close. The county offered to pay $3.3 million, but the seller (Bank of Commerce) ultimately accepted $4.1 million, the appraised value of the land.

3) The third example is much like the first — a case of sentimental historic preservation: The Bobby Jones Golf Club.

A few segments of sentimentalists, golf enthusiasts and civic-minded Sarasotans are hoping to persuade the City Commission to invest millions of dollars in a master plan that will reinvigorate this legendary public golf course.

The original 18 holes were dedicated in in 1927 and named after Robert Tyre Jones, the only man in golf history to win the four Grand Slams of golf in the same year.

But 84 years later, the course is showing the age of an 84-year-old. It needs a major makeover. In the past two fiscal years, the course’s decline in rounds played led to operating losses of $125,000 in fiscal 2012 and $315,000 in fiscal 2013.

Supporters of the course persuaded hometown golf hero, professional Paul Azinger, a graduate of Sarasota High School, to plead the case for reinvestment

KRAUTHAMMER: ‘ONE OF THESE MISERABLE, EXECRABLE HUMAN BEINGS’ WILL WIN As you groan at the nauseating sight and sound of the next negative campaign ad, you might think of the way syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer described this process two decades ago. A few excerpts: “Delta Airlines, you might have noticed does not run negative TV ads about USAir. It does not show pictures of the crash of USAir Flight 427, with a voice-over saying: ‘USAir, airline of death. Going to Pittsburgh?

Fly Delta instead.’ …

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“Gridlock?

People so thoroughly disgusted with their politicians want gridlock. they approve of a system that promises to stop them before they legislate again. It is not the system they dislike. It is the players they cannot abide.

“Why? No need for exotic theories. the simplest explanation is always the best. Politics is the only American industry whose participants devote their advertising budgets to the regular, public, savage undermining of one another. It is the only American industry whose participants devote prodigious sums to destroying whatever shred of allegiance any of them might once have won with their customers …

“Turn on the tube and watch what one candidate — any candidate — has to say about the other. Then remember that no matter who wins, one of these miserable, execrable human beings will end up representing you in Congress …”

before the City Commission.

Argus Foundation President Kerry Kirschner recently made his appeal to the commission as well, noting that investing in Bobby Jones “can put the city of Sarasota on the golfing world map, along with San Diego (Torrey Pines), Bethpage, N.Y., and to become an American complement to our Sister City of Dunfermline and its course in St. Andrews — all publicly owned golf courses. There are few opportunities

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in a commission’s life when it can actually do something that establishes a legacy for a community. I seriously believe that this is one of those opportunities.

“We all recognize the financial struggles that the city faces, but we cannot move forward unless we reinvest in what can bring future revenue and investment to our bright spot by the bay. If we get the master plan done, we can then work together to get the funding in order to accomplish the task,” Kirschner wrote.

Each of these instances has its civic appeal — for the alleged good of the collective community. But they also mirror Bastiat’s description of the “fatal tendency of mankind” — “to live and prosper at the expense of others.”

Each of the groups arguing for public money wants taxpayers to fulfill its wishes, to pay for — dare we say — the group’s selfish special interests.

Each case reminds us of the late economist Milton Friedman. Discussing the propriety of companies receiving government subsidies, Friedman put the matter in a personal context.

At the time, he lived in a high-rise condo in San Francisco with a marvelous view of San Francisco Bay. Two years prior, he recalled, a development group proposed constructing a high-rise across the street from his condo building, eventually blocking his and his neighbors’ view of the bay.

Rather than go to City Hall to protest and whine and beg for the city to save their view, Friedman and his neighbors outbid the developer for the vacant property across the street. They paid their own money to preserve their self interest. Why should San Francisco taxpayers in general pay for Friedman and his neighbors’ enjoyment? Why, Friedman asked rhetorically, should a widow on a fixed income be required to pay taxes to support Friedman’s enjoyment?

So it goes: If you want your view, pay for it yourself. If you want to preserve the historic Perry-Burns home, buy it yourself. If you want a park, pay for it with your own money.

If golfers and sentimentalists want to preserve and redevelop Bobby Jones Golf Club, they should band together financially or find the private investors and operators willing to take on the risk.

+ Stand your ground, Manatee Ever since the Manatee County School Board voted 3-2 to install armed guards at 32 of the county’s elementary schools, predictably, there has been a chorus of critics quick to question and chastise the board and district administration.

“They moved too quickly.” “They didn’t get enough public input.” “They should have checked the state laws more thoroughly beforehand.” Wah, wah, wah.

We’ll continue to applaud the school board and administration for taking the right and bold action. Typical governments are too slow to act and afraid to act for fear of criticism.

But without leaders willing to be pioneers, take risks and be decisive, we all would be worse off — maybe even dead.

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The Sept. 18 Sarasota Observer devoted considerable ink to a front-page article on Michael Barfield, entitled “Open for Discussion.” I hasten to join the discussion because, although the piece ably dealt with the expenses borne by the city because of Barfield’s extortionate behavior, it failed to cover the backstory, without which, I submit, the “expense report” is incomplete.

Who is Michael Barfield? He is a confessed liar, thief and fraudster who, since the age of 17, has amassed 68 (no typo) criminal convictions, including forging checks and using stolen credit cards. In 1999, he was convicted of the felonies of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury before a federal grand jury. The first three offenses involved his concoction of false accusations leveled against a federal judge and an assistant U.S. attorney in a scheme designed to remove them from a pending case. The other two convictions were for extorting $50,000 from two felons awaiting sentence by promising them that he had “connections” and, thus, could obtain leniency for them.

The promise, of course, was a scam.

In 1997, in a plea agreement arising out of his theft of clients’ funds, the “menace,” as he was labeled, was banished from Palm Beach County.

Unfortunately, Palm Beach’s “menace” became Sarasota’s. Past Observer editorials have rightly described Barfield as “a master of the destructive craft of legal extortion” and his hostage-taking of the city government as a “con.” That is theTRY backstory.

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Barfield acknowledges that he is “an easy guy to hate.” But his complete self-description is that he is an easy guy to hate “for those in power.” In fact, to an alarming extent, he is accepted, enabled, encouraged and shown unwarranted toleration by many in power, including, in particular, County Commissioner Joe Barbetta and City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo. Herald Tribune columnist Tom Lyons considers Barfield’s 68 criminal convictions to be mere “irrelevant historical dirt.”

Barfield has been a principal speaker on the subject of the Sunshine Law at the invitation of the Tiger Bay Club.

Although he is not an attorney, and despite his unsavory past, he enjoys access to the city attorney to discuss at the threshold his threats of lawsuits.

All of these people should shun him.

Instead, they enable him to plunder the city. Barfield’s threats should not shape the advice given by the city attorney to the city commissioners, nor should they be heeded. Should he actually initiate a lawsuit, an obvious, unquestionable Sunshine Law violation should, of course, be settled. Otherwise, the city

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How has this submission to Barfield’s con game come about? Why is it that the mere threat of a lawsuit by this piranha is enough to dominate the advice the city attorney gives to the city commissioners? Recently, city commissioners sought the advice of the city attorney as to whether a Sunshine Law violation would occur should two or more of them attend a luncheon at which discussion would be had on a matter eventually sure to appear before the City Commission, i.e., Mote Marine Lab’s plan to develop an aquarium on city property, assuming — and this is vital — that no commissioner spoke at the event, but merely listened. Despite his opinion that the non-lawyer Barfield’s “interpretation of the law is incorrect” and “somewhat ludicrous,” the city attorney’s advice was that to attend would be “taking a risk.”

Of course, there is always a “risk” that Barfield will commence a lawsuit, even if based on the flimsiest of evidence.

Whether the suit will succeed is another matter. If it is apparent that such a suit would more than likely fail, it is inexcusable that the city bend to his will and abjectly surrender solely to save litigation expenses.

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For 50 years Head Start, a federally funded program, has been at the forefront of earlychildhood education, providing leading-edge programs to America’s most disadvantaged children. Today, as a student at the University of Miami pursuing a degree in broadcast journalism, I will never forget how my experiences at the Sarasota County Children First Head Start Center laid the foundation for my future success. Head Start also offered my single mother the stability, security and family support to place her on the path to self-sufficiency, while fully preparing me to succeed in kindergarten.

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National Public Lands Day — runs from 9 a.m. to noon at Arlington Park, 2650 Waldemere St. Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources staff is hosting a volunteer event for National Public Lands Day to help enhance Arlington Park. Volunteers are encouraged to bring loppers or hand pruners, work gloves, a hat, sunglasses, water, bug spray and sunscreen. For more information, call 861-5000.

‘Party in Pink’ — runs from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Z Club, 4900 Fruitville Road. Zumba Sarasota is relocating and will host a grand opening for its new fitness center, Z Club.

There will be door prizes, refreshments and instructor demonstrations of the classes offered.

Z Club will make a donation to the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation for the occasion. Admission is free. For more information, visit zclubsarasota.com.

Fifth annual Sarasota Beach Caravan — starts at 1 p.m. at Payne Chapel, 1910 Central Ave. Central Cocoanut neighborhood kids will lead a caravan to Lido Beach to share the story of the 1955 Beach Caravan as a way of celebrating and honoring the community’s significant civil rights history. For more information, contact Felicia Phillips at 536-5043.

Sarasota Bridal Show — runs from 1 to 6 p.m. at Westfield Southgate, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail. Brides Against Breast Cancer hosts this charity wedding gown sale and bridal show. Brides and guests are

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invited to browse through hundreds of new and lovingly worn designer and couture wedding gowns.

General admission is $5. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit bridesagainstbreastcancer. org.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 28

Pet Blessing — runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at Unity of Sarasota Church, 3023 Proctor Road. Unity of Sarasota will hold an interfaith outdoor pet-blessing event. Visit unityofsarasota.com.

First Brass — starts at 5:15 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer, 222 S. Palm Ave. The First Brass Ensemble will perform “Heroic Brass Thriving,” a concert that captures the resilience of the American spirit. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Visit thefirstbrass.org.

‘On Broadway’ — starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Fred Astaire Dance Studio presents “On Broadway,” a dance revue of classic and modern Broadway productions performed by students and professional dancers. General admission is $20 with all proceeds benefiting the InStride Equine Assisted Therapy and Living with Angels. Call 921-6651.

KEEPING PACE by Amanda Morales | Staff Writer

Sarasota shows love for Heart Association Rain-or-shine runners, walkers and joggers alike turned out in support of the American Heart Association Heart Walk for Sarasota/Manatee Saturday, at Payne Park. The event was off to a soggy start with some gloomy weather, but with ponchos and umbrellas in hand, supporters took to the starting line.

The event exceeded the fundraising goal and collected more than $160,000 that will go toward preventing and treating heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. Chairman of the AHA for the Sarasota/Manatee Heart Walk Dr. Jonathan Fong was the top fundraiser for the event. He collected more than $3,000.

Some participants carried paper torches in memory of friends and family members who have been impacted by cardiovascular diseases.

Rebecca Davis and Patricia Harmes show off their heart-themed socks.

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Wiggles and Giggles — starts at 9 a.m. at Siesta Key Chapel, 4615 Gleason Ave. The Siesta Key Chapel is hosting children’s author Howard Binkow for two performances in which he brings his character, Howard B. Wigglebottom, to life. Children ages 4 to 8 years old and their parents are welcome. Admission is free. Call 349-1166.

Above: Chairman of the AHA for the Sarasota/Manatee Heart Walk Dr. Jonathan Fong was also the top fundraiser for the event. He collected more than $3,000.

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The Riverview High girls swim team scored 516 points to win the 2014 Tarpon Invitational Sept.

20, at the Tarpon Aquatics Club.

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John Bozer shot 40 to lead the Booker High boys golf team to a 193-215 victory over DeSoto County Sept. 18.

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Maddie McNally had 11 kills and 11 digs to lead the Cardinal Mooney volleyball team to a 3-2 victory over Tampa Catholic Sept. 16.

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Nick Kaufman shot 38 to lead the Riverview High boys golf team to a onestroke victory over Manatee Sept. 16.

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The Miracle League of Manasota received a $10,000 donation from the Baltimore Orioles Sept. 14 in honor of the Hall of Fame career of Derek Jeter, who will retire at the end of the season.

CROSS-COUNTRY

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

STEPPING

by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

INTO HIS OWN Sarasota High junior Adam Bradtmueller won his second consecutive cross-country meet of the season Sept. 20.

SARASOTA — Adam Bradtmueller knew his day would come.

He always wanted to be one of the best. He just had to bide his time.

Two years after joining the Sarasota High cross-country team, the junior is finally stepping out of the shadows of his teammates who have earned their fair share of accolades and coming into his own.

Bradtmueller won his first meet of the season at the Fort Myers Optimist Invite Sept. 13; he crossed the finish line in 16 minutes, 22.10 seconds.

He followed up his victory with a first-place finish at the North Port XC Invitational Sept. 20, where he set a new season-best time of 15:48.30.

“It feels like my time is finally here,” says Bradtmueller, who credits his success with having gotten older and stronger.

With his first-place finish, Bradtmueller helped the Sailors win the boys elite division. It also marked the first time Bradtmueller had beaten fellow teammate Zack Summerall.

For the past year, Bradtmueller has been the Sailors’ No. 2 runner behind Summerall. The two, who push one another every day in practice, have battled back and forth on both the cross-country course and the track, with Summerall always coming out on top.

Everyone at Sarasota High knows Summerall is a runner. But Bradtmueller wants to make it known that he’s a runner, too. And a pretty darn good one at that.

“Whenever I tell people at school that I run cross-country, they tell me, ‘Oh, you run with Zack. He’s really fast,’” Bradtmueller says.

Bradtmueller has had aspirations of beating Summerall from a competitive standpoint, but now that he’s accomplished it once, Bradtmueller is focused on the big picture — doing whatever he can to help Sarasota win.

“Now that I did it once, I can get my mind off of it,” Bradtmueller says of beating Summerall. “Now we can work together to compete against the bigger competition.

It’s kind of like the stress is off my back.”

Bradtmueller’s running career began in seventh grade when he joined the McIntosh Middle School track team. A year later, Bradtmueller broke the school record in the mile, crossing the finish line in 4:58.

“That’s when I realized (running)

Bradtmueller runs an average of 40 to 45 miles a week during cross-country season.

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Sarasota High junior Adam Bradtmueller crossed the finish line in 15 minutes, 48.30 seconds to win the North Port XC Invitational Sept. 20. was the thing for me,” Bradtmueller says.

Bradtmueller joined the Sarasota cross-country team as a freshman, at the urging of former Sailor runner Courtland Bernard. Bradtmueller won the Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional Championships in 16:10, finishing ahead of the other 158 freshmen runners.

“Courtland and everyone from the Florida team was there cheering for me,” Bradtmueller says.

“They waited for me to cross the finish line and then it was like a big teammate hug. That’s probably my fondest memory.”

As a sophomore, Bradtmueller finished 17th at the FHSAA Cross Country State Finals and finished 45th at the Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional Championships. That spring, Bradtmueller earned a medal in the mile after finishing seventh in a personalbest time of 4:18.39 at the FHSAA Outdoor State Finals.

Bradtmueller returned to the cross-country course Sept. 6 and has already dropped nearly three minutes off his time.

Bradtmueller approaches every race the same way. Before the gun goes off, he reminds himself why he’s there.

“I take a couple of breaths to calm down and smile,” Bradtmueller says. “After all, it’s supposed

to be fun.”

Bradtmueller pushes the first 300 meters in an effort to break away from the pack. He then settles into place during the second mile, making sure not to fall off pace, before making his final push at the third mile.

“During race time I worry about myself,” Bradtmueller says. “After I finish, I look back and start to worry about my teammates and try to see where they are.

“Being in the front of the pack is a fun experience,” Bradtmueller says. “It’s the best feeling looking up at the scoreboard and seeing your team ahead. It’s more of a team sport than it seems.”

Bradtmueller runs 40 to 45 miles a week during the cross-country season, which he hopes will prepare him for district, regional and state competition in November.

Bradtmueller also hopes to return to the Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional Championships and place in the top 10, which would land him a spot in the Foot Locker National Championships.

“It would be an honor,” Bradtmueller says. “Everyone that made that race has gone on to be aprofessional runner. It would feel good knowing that all of my training paid off.”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

FAST FACTS Do you have any pre-race rituals?

Before every race our team does a pre-race chant. It’s kind of long, but it ends, “(Sarasota) is about to win the show.”

What’s the one sport you would play for Sarasota if you weren’t a runner?

Basketball. I used to play growing up, and it’s kind of a family sport. I was going to try out for the team up until regionals my freshman year of cross-country.

Then I decided to stick to crosscountry.

What’s the one food you can’t live without?

Bagels and cream cheese. I just always ate them growing up. I’ll go a couple days in a row where that’s all I’ll eat.

What’s the one thing you wanted to be when you were little?

A professional skateboarder.

What’s your favorite Gatorade flavor?

Cool Blue.

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Riverview quarterback Dominic Caldwell threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns to help lead the Rams to their second victory of the season.

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Cardinal Mooney wide receiver Mitch Arimura, left, caught a 13-yard touchdown pass.

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Karan Higdon Running Back | Riverview High Higdon rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns, two of which came in the second half, to help lead the Rams to a come-frombehind victory over Lehigh Sept.

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After suffering its second-consecutive loss last week, Booker will look to rebound at home versus a Braden River team that remains unbeaten. The Tornadoes beat the Pirates 37-17 last season.

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Sarasota senior running back Justin Austin looks for an opening during the Sailors’ non-district game at Manatee Sept. 19.

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+ Cougar annual golf tourney upcoming Cardinal Mooney will hold its annual golf tournament Oct. 3, at Laurel Oak Country Club in Sarasota.

Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Cost is $150 per player and includes golf, lunch, dinner, cocktails, prizes and an auction. Those wishing to only attend the dinner can do so for $50 per person.

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+ ODA swimmers continue winning streak The Out-of-Door Academy boys and girls swim teams continued their winning ways, as both teams posted victories over Northside Christian Sept. 16.

ODA won a combined 15 of 22 events. Charles Hayes won the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 backstroke. Sarsen Whatmore also was a double winner, capturing the 200 and 500 freestyles.

Matthew Leonard won the 100 breaststroke.

On the girls side, Kate Patrice won the 200 individual medley.

Joie Eckhard won the 200 and 500 freestyles. Imola Csendes won the 50 freestyle before teaming up with Eckhard, Patrice and Quinn Birmingham for a firstplace finish in the 200 freestyle relay. Csendes, Eckhard, Patrice and Amber Bond won the 400 freestyle relay.

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KUDOS + Sarasota Christian Volleyball After dropping the first set, the Sarasota Christian volleyball team defeated Southwest Florida Christian 3-1 in district action Sept. 16.

With the win, the Lady Blazers improved to 11-1 on the season.

Heidi Miller finished with 12 kills and four aces to lead the way for the Lady Blazers.

Brianna Eddy added 11 kills and two blocks. Annika Jensen had 10 kills and two aces.

Sarasota Christian returns to action Sept. 25 versus Port Charlotte Community Christian.

+ Thunder boys golf swings past Cougars The Out-of-Door Academy boys golf team edged past Cardinal Mooney 156-158 Sept. 16, at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

Max Coutsolioutsos shot 37 to lead the way for the Thunder. Jon Eichenbaum shot 38 followed

by Evan Murphy (40), Francisco Marcano Santos, who had an eagle on the third hole (41) Nick Grano (46) and Josh Silverman (47).

Kyle Jarrett shot 37 to lead the way for Cardinal Mooney. Jake LaMore and Dalton Plattner each shot 39 followed by Harrison Jones (43), Mabry Robinson (46) and Sean McNelis (49).

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Local teams go the distance Sixty teams from across the state braved a muddy course during the North Port XC Invitational Saturday.

Lakewood Ranch finished seventh in the elite boys division while Cardinal Mooney was 18th and Braden River was 26th.

ODA finished 22nd in the boys invitational.

Cardinal Mooney’s Cal Davidson Turner finished 11th in 16 minutes, 34.70 seconds to lead the way for East County runners. Lakewood freshman Kyle Wray was 31st (17:23.60), followed by teammates John Rivera (36th, 17:30.40), George Dabbiero (42nd, 17:37.70) and Read Corley (44th, 17:48.00).

On the girls side, Lakewood finished 12th in the elite girls division, followed

by Braden River (24th) and Cardinal Mooney (25th).

ODA finished 14th in the girls invitational.

Ande McDonald finished 33rd in 20:40.30 to lead the way for Lakewood.

Teammate Sarah Fazio was 38th in 20:51.20.

Cardinal Mooney senior Cal Davidson Turner finished 11th overall in 16 minutes, 34.70 seconds.

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Right: ODA’s Carling Landeche leads a pack of runners toward the finish line.

Blake Riley leads the way for Riverview, finishing fifth in the boys elite division with a time of 16:12.20.

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Temple Emanu-El teacher Lesley Lempel teaches the sixth-grade religion class how to make chocolate rogulach.

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NOW SHE’S COOKING September 14 was Shelby Savitz’s first experience in Lesley “Mora” Lempel’s kitchen.

Shelby listened attentively to the teacher’s instructions and was quick to volunteer for any activity — from rolling the rogulach to cleaning the workspace.

“It’s fun to help out, and it’s a good idea to teach kids how to cook,” Shelby said.

Savitz Her favorite part of the class was watching the younger kids race to the kitchen to sample the pastry she helped make.

“The eating’s the best part,” she added.

The 11-year-old is no newbie to the kitchen. She and her mom, Paula, cook together often. Paula said she is not as familiar with the Hebrew language, but that Shelby, who is learning Hebrew at Temple Emanu-El, likes to incorporate the language into the kitchen.

Participating in the cooking class helped Shelby learn more Hebrew words, such as how to say sugar (sukar) and butter (chemah).

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Lesley Lempel has been teaching Jewish recipes from around the world at Temple Emanu-El for 10 years.

After moving to Sarasota 10 years aged to taste new things. When ago from Belgium with her family, children are allowed to participate Lesley “Mora” Lempel immediate- in making something, they are exly got a taste of local Jewish culture cited to taste the food. and offerings. Every “They love to taste; week, Temple Emanuthey love to eat,” Lempel ROSH El offers enrichment said. classes, such as cookHer class makes HASHANA ing and Israeli dancenough samples for each MEANING: Jewish ing. After about two person, as well as a limNew Year years, Lempel was put ited amount for other BEGINS: Sunset in charge of teaching students in the religious Sept. 24 the cooking class. school to try. Kids were Lempel’s experienclined up outside of the ENDS: Nightfall es as the daughter of kitchen doors after the Sept. 26 a Holocaust survivor cooking hour was over TRADITIONAL and a 13-year resident on a recent Sunday; they FOOD EATEN: of Israel make her a were eager to snag a Apples or challah, welcome addition piece of chocolate rogua kind of bread, to temple education lach, a typical Jewish dipped in honey. It classes, said Sabrina dessert served in Central is a symbolic gesSilverberg, director of and Eastern Europe. ture of a wish for a education.

While teaching, Lemsweet new year.

One of Lempel’s pel introduces Hebrew goals is to encourage words to the students, her students to try something new such as the names of the food and and take a participatory role in the how to say different ingredients. kitchen. Lempel said she’s noticed The repetition and the inclusion American children are not encour- of the Hebrew language in tasks

Katie Hurwitz dabs egg on top of the chocolate-filled pastry. such as cooking help the students remember the words, she said.

“I love teaching,” she said. “I love seeing the curiosity. I love seeing their faces when they taste.”

Lempel said she would like to expand her recipes to other Jewish families by starting a broadcast TV show. Because she has traveled to several countries filled with different styles of Jewish cooking, she’s familiar with recipes that other families may not be, she said. One Asian-inspired dish she hopes to show her students how to make is fried rice with chicken and oyster sauce.

“There are Jewish people everywhere,” Lempel said. “I try to introduce something from all over the world.”

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Young professionals group pitches in to clean up park The clouds cleared up and let the sun shine through Saturday, just in time for members of the Sarasota Young Professionals Group to help clean up Overlook Park and Quick Point Nature Preserve.

The cleanup marked the first volunteer event for YPG for the month.

Located on the southeast end of Longboat Key, the park and preserve are connected by a boardwalk that goes underneath the New Pass Bridge. Members combed through mangroves and rocks for pieces of trash left behind by visitors and fishermen.

Objects ranging from glass bottles to cigarette butts and even a curtain rod were found among the rocks and shores of the Key. All pieces of trash collected were separated into recyclables and non-recyclables. Volunteers split up into groups of three or four so that multiple people could pick up trash and record their findings.

Program coordinator Jon Pierce said he was pleased with the turnout of approximately 20 members and stressed the importance of maintaining the environment in Sarasota.

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Home in Siesta Cove sells for $1,975,000 Mandarin Park

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Sept. 8 and Sept. 12.

A home in Siesta Cove tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Gary Thorne and Alexandria Wilson, of Bath, Maine, sold their home at 5334 Siesta Cove Drive to James Faliszek and Susan Felber, of Hinsdale, Ill., for $1,975,000. Built in 1976, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,298 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $775,000 in 1994.

Priscilla Stowe, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1359 Tea Rose Place to David and Joyce Kay, of Mystic, Conn., for $463,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,543 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $395,000 in 2013.

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Patrick Neal, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the Unit PH-C condominium at 888 S. Orange Ave. to Lorinn Williams, of Cincinnati, for $1,675,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,511 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,375,000 in 2012.

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Cynthia Postiy sold her home at 1720 Anchorage St. to Charles and Michelle Romine, of Sarasota, for $699,500. Built in 1961, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,218 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $520,000 in 2001.

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This home at 5334 Siesta Cove Drive has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,298 square feet of living area. It is sold for $1,975,000.

Plat of Sarasota Sarasota, for $615,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 2,290 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,000 in 2010.

Nancy Lackey and Danny Lackey, trustees, of Asheboro, N.C., sold the Unit 600 condominium at 1350 Main St. to David Halsband and Victoria Halsband, of Edgewater, N.J., for $699,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,338 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $577,000 in 2007.

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Fannie Mae sold the home at 1757 Oval Drive S. to Michael and Julie Naughton, of Westport, Conn., for $531,000. Built in 1930, it has three bedrooms, two baths

Lars Lind and Anneli Lind-Kennbert sold their Unit 114-C condominium at 235 Cocoanut Ave. to Peggy March, trustee, of

S. Chandler Sweetser Jr. and Susan Jewett, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 133A condominium at 1629 Pelican Cove Road to Marsha Fadale and Gabriel Sorgi, of Buffalo, N.Y., for $399,000. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,835 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $172,000 in 1997.

William Eaton, trustee, of Lake Villa, Ill., sold the Unit 362 condominium at 1701 Pelican Cove Road to Richard and Sharon Clouse, of Glasgow, Ky., for $200,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,370 square feet of living area.

Carol Jantzen and Jennie Lesniak, trustees, sold the home at 1567 Eastbrook Drive to Steven and Bonnie Brown, of Sarasota, for $535,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,738 square feet of living area.

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Glenn and Carol Warr, of Sarasota, sold their home at 415 S. Shore Drive to Nancy Kiedinger, of Sarasota, for $530,000. Built in 1959, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,056 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $320,000 in 2001.

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Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 602 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to Harry and Elaine Tobler, of Sarasota, for $530,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 1,832 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $760,000 in 2007.

Full Throttle Properties LLC sold two properties at 1680 and 1684 Oak St. to Michael Donato, of Sarasota, for $350,000.

Both properties were built in 1956, each has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,440 square feet of living area. They previously sold for $775,000 in 2006.

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William and Karen Cogger sold their home at 1937 Goldenrod St. to Kenneth Detweiler, of Sarasota, for $335,000. Built in 1925, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 888 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $240,000 in 2009.

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SARASOTA COUNTY $445,000 $75,000 $75,000 $62,000 $45,000 $37,461 $37,000 $37,000 $35,000 $34,585

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

1064 N. Tamiami Trail to Dennis and Mary Miller, of Sarasota, for $330,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,352 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $435,700 in 2007.

853 Siesta Key Cir #A3981654 $4,275,000 Karen Cash Greco

Siesta Key 941-966-8000 941-504-6927

1414 N Lake Shore Dr #A3999415 $2,995,000 Christine Del Monte

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-266-6733

4027 Roberts Point Road #A4100944 $2,175,000 Kelly Quigley & Linda Dickinson

Siesta Key 941-966-8000 941-356-9954

5200 Siesta Cove Dr #A3979960 $1,850,000 Jenifer Schwell

Siesta Key 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

8900 Fishermens Bay Dr #A3992099 $1,850,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

546 Freeling Dr #A3986351 $1,825,000 Sarah McGuire

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-809-1478

929 Pomelo Place #A4100627 $1,650,000 Judy Nimz

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-374-0196

300 S Pineapple Avenue #A4102750 $1,499,900 Jonathan Abrams

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-232-2868

4833 Featherbed Lane #A4104450 $1,300,000 Janice Perry

Siesta Key 941-951-6660 941-228-0848

703 N Macewen Dr #A3999138 $1,297,000 Nicole Dovgopolyi

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-356-5849

680 N Macewen Drive #A4102085 $1,237,000 Jennifer Putnam

Osprey 941-951-6660 941-539-6768

568 N Macewen Drive #A4101619 $1,095,000 Betty Mullinnix & Steve Abbe

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-928-3441

918 Contento Street #A4104931 $929,000 Kramer Thompson Team

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-914-5011

first, built in 1928, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,084 square feet of living area. The second, built in 1988, has one bedroom, one bath and 350 square feet of living area.

Floyd and Cameron

365 N Washington Boulevard #A4103354 $7,500 Janice Reed

5137 Jungle Plum Rd #A3969755 $5,750,000 Lenore Treiman & Kim Ogilvie

2517 Trinidad St #A3997024 $279,000 Peggy Wellman & Robert Moffatt

3834 Sunniland St #A3987012 $199,000 Veronika Bajtala

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-374-0811

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-504-0307

Sarasota 941-552-4200 941-993-8398

165 Tyler Dr #A3952310 Diann Thelen

1622 Stickney Point Rd # 202 #A3998249 $248,000 Brian Loebker

106 Islamorada Blvd #C7056212 $114,900 Sandra Limberger

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-735-4393

Punta Gorda 941-505-5555 239-898-5238

Sarasota $5,000 941-552-4200

441 Cerromar Ln # 407 #N5783377 Robin Sullivan

Venice $3,100 941-552-4200

Siesta Key 941-966-8000 941-356-9642

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 • Main Street 951.6660 Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444 • Venice 485.5421 • Englewood 473.7750

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850 S Tamiami Trail #M5900569 $239,900 Trish Chandler

Englewood 941-473-7750 941-626-0880

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1014 Lee Street #D5901221 $299,000 Joanne Pattona

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Ardinger Investments of Texas LP sold two properties at 1831 Prospect St. to Coachman Homes Inc. for $277,500. The

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ON THE RISE

NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD MARKET

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Editor

FREE LOBSTER ON YOUR BIRTHDAY!

*Redeemable on your actual Birthday with valid ID & $10 minimum purchase. Must be 18 or older.

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Bring in this ad for a FREE Sample of Suzanne’s Summer Salad!

(Take ‘em live or we’ll steam for you!)

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To celebrate construction commencing on the Westin Sarasota, community leaders joined together Sept. 18 for the ceremonial groundbreaking. Representatives from Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Kolter, Kast Construction, Michael Saunders & Co. and government officials were all in attendance for the ceremony.

The $300 million construction project is located at the corner of Gulfstream Avenue and U.S. 41.

Susan Stringer and Kelly Defebo

Viviann Allard, Robert Blau and Kevin Moran

VENICE’S WATERFRONT LANDMARK SINCE 1976.

marina restaurant tavern

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SPECIAL DINNER PRICING

NOW OPEN

Happy Hour Specials Daily 3pm-7pm

FOR LUNCH

Domestic Draft Beer 16 oz ������������������������������������ $2�50 House Well Liquor Drinks�������������������������������������� $5�00 Copperidge Wine 9oz Carafe ������������������������������� $5�00 Appetizer Specials ������������������������������������ $2�99 & $3�99

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941-349-2323 • www.sarasotalobsterpot.com

Daily Specials:

SIESTA KEY’S MOST AFFORDABLE KID FRIENDLY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT! Open Daily for Lunch & Dinner • 1200 Old Stickney Point Rd. 941-349-3885 • www.captaincurts.com

VENICE

HAPPY HOUR DAILY • LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 2-For-1 Daiquiris 3-7pm • Lunch Specials Mon.-Fri. 5250 Ocean Blvd., Siesta Key • 325 John Ringling Blvd., St. Armands 300 W. Venice Ave,Venice 941-349-8697 • www.daiquirideck.com FOOD AND FUN FOR ALL AGES Lunch & Dinner Served from 11:30 am Live Entertainment 7 Days a Week • 1600 Harbor Drive S. 941-488-1456 • www.sharkysonthepier.com VENICE’S WATERFRONT LANDMARK SINCE 1976.

Boat or Car • Lunch & Dinner • Open Daily 1st Floor Tavern • 1968 Tarpon Center Dr. 941-484-9551 • www.crowsnest-venice.com

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BRINGING ITALY TO SIESTA KEY Sun.-Thu:4-10pm Fri-Sat: 4-11pm Happy Hour: 4-6pm daily.

Reservations Recommended • 5104 Ocean Blvd.

941-349-1423 • www.cafegabbiano.com

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

OBSERVER WEATHER

TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Wednesday, Sept. 17

82

73

95 (2005)

65 (1927)

Thursday, Sept. 18

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70

95 (2005)

67 (1957)

Friday, Sept. 19

82

70

95 (1974)

65 (1928)

Saturday, Sept. 20

84

71

96 (1925)

60 (1981)

Sunday, Sept. 21

87

73

96 (1951)

59 (1981)

Monday, Sept. 22

85

72

94 (1992)

60 (1913)

Tuesday, Sept. 23

84

71

96 (1987)

62 (1913)

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Oct. 15 Last

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SUCH NEGATIVITY! by Kenneth Holt ACROSS 1 Pilgrim’s destination 6 Folk singer Guthrie 10 PC key below Shift 14 Story 18 Gift getters 19 Stash spot in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” 20 Singer India.___ 21 Off in the distance 22 What a cad is 24 “You’d better believe it!”

26 Animator’s transparency 27 Full of beef fat 28 Hollywood legend Clark 30 Knocks flat 31 Leaves bare 33 French philosopher Georges 34 Morrison or Tennille 35 Refinery shipment 36 One of TV’s Huxtables 37 Rich Italian ice cream 40 Sidewalk material 43 Very funny 45 Say “yes,” tacitly 46 Units of money in Bulgaria 47 Spring bloom 49 Less hazardous 50 Thurmond of NBA fame 51 Viking deity 52 Pile up, as firewood 53 Govt. health watchdog 54 Some Wordsworth works 55 ___ corgi 57 Is on hold

substance 61 Companion 119 Cows and sows, 63 Novelist Pierre e.g.

65 Worst possible 120 USS Constitution, party turnout e.g.

66 Source of caffeine 121 Oscar winner 67 Liaison Spacek 70 Warm alcoholic drink 72 Gloomy, to poets DOWN 76 What road signs 1 Sounded like a do cow 2 “A Wrinkle in 77 “Long ___ (and Far Time” author Away)” Madeleine L’___ 79 Softly hit single 3 Middle grade 81 Talking avian 4 Official rebuke 82 Served perfectly 5 4.0 earners on a court 6 Helps a 83 Identifiable perpetrator catchphrase 7 Frost-laden 8 JFK alternative in 86 Certain African NYC tribe member 9 Major soccer 87 Declare untrue mistake 88 It can be deadly or 10 Capital of Australia mortal 11 Under-bridge 89 Environmental dweller of myth community 12 Very plentiful 91 Be absorbed 13 Summer zodiac gradually sign 14 Scout’s pursuit 93 Gene of films 15 Devotee 95 Berth places 16 Tall and skinny 96 ___ Diego 17 Fractions of joules 97 Beneficiary of a 18 Certain party org. will 23 Martial arts expert 98 Tiny Bruce 99 Synthetic rubber 25 Nose-offending component stimuli 29 Met solos 103 Lucy’s landlord of 32 Area of uncertainty classic TV 33 Boy Scout tie 105 Iraq seaport 34 Cuckoo’s cousin 106 City in New York 36 Mexican-American 107 “Blastoff” 37 Pigeon-___ precursor 38 Observant one 109 You alone 39 “That is,” in Latin 111 Not a big deal 40 Relinquish 114 Shrek was one formally 41 Apt anagram of 115 “Simpsons” “vile” creator Groening 42 People of Rwanda 116 Enameled and Burundi lacquerware 44 Unsettled 117 Contemplates 46 Temperature 118 Golf “trap” extreme

48 Partner of long.

50 “It’s all good” 56 ___ polloi (common people) 58 Telegraph bit 59 Snooty behavior 60 States of extreme confusion 62 Elderly 64 Mine carrier 66 Japanese city on Honshu 67 Covered with water 68 Horizontal board (var.)

69 Brass wind instrument 70 Red ___ (cinnamon candies) 71 Oxford teacher 73 Ogles 74 Heche or Hathaway 75 Legendary linebacker Lewis 78 Hired hoodlum 80 “Josie and the ___” 84 Prepares for the printer 85 Basketmaker’s willow 89 Boxer Griffith or author Zola 90 Lease signers 92 Language of westcentral India 94 Loudly lamented 98 One of the senses 99 Throat infection 100 Haberdashery item 101 Middays 102 Exalt to the heavens 103 Hazzard County lawman 104 Nero’s robe 105 Not exactly stimulating 106 Tangelo fruit 108 Count ending?

110 Mummy’s three?

112 Cry of amazement 113 Sue Grafton’s “___ for Lawless”

09-25-14

Thursday, September 25, 2014

ADVERTISE YOUR MERCHANDISE with the total value of all items $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, 15 words or less. Price must be included next to each item. No commercial advertising.

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

(Please provide your name and address) Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230 CHAIR: SUPER comfy, large, upholstered, cherry red microfiber. $195. Picture available.

941-504-3699.

GOLF BALLS: 50 dozen, good, used, $175 for all.

941-235-2613.

HALL TABLE, $25. Upholstered chair, $20.

3/End tables, $30/set. Oak coffee table, $75.

(951) 927-5331.

LAMPS (2): antique-like brushed brass, new shades, $30 o/b/o. Leather recliner, w/ottoman $100. 941-366-3753, 941-586-7492.

LUMBER: RARE 1925 Peckey Cypress ten widths. Ready to hammer. $2.00 a running foot.

352-221-3118.

OFFICE CHAIR: Yellow leather in fair condition.

Originally 330.00, sell $75.00. 941-925-3203 PRINTER: CANON Pixma 432 all-in-one wireless.

Excellent condition, like new, $39. 610-883-1528.

SHOWER DOORS: Parklane By-Pass, gold trim, 59”wx55h”, $75. 941-346-8107.

ANTIQUE COUCH from Vermont, in excellent condition, $200. (941) 924−5093.

Autos For Sale Hawley Motors II 5741 Pinkney Ave. 941-312-5890 2004 Audi A4, Quattro, 1 owner, $6988 2005 Toyota Tundra Pickup, 1 owner, Florida vehicle, only 46K/miles, man. trans. $11,488 2007 Chevrolet Impala LT, 50K/miles, $10988 2009 Scion XD, 65K/miles, $9988 2008 Toyota Yaris, fuel efficient, $7988 2008 Mazda CX-7, 79/K miles, new tires, great back to school car, $10988 2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid, leather, $11988 2008 Mercury Mariner Premier, runroof, new tires, full leather, all the options, 56K/miles, $13988 2007 Honda Odyssey EXL, $10988 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt 65K miles, $6988 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, Dura-Max/Allison, like new, $13988 2004 Honda CR-V EX, like new, $9988 2004 Cadillac Escalade AWD, Florida car, $12988 2005 Volkswagen Beetle TDI, Man. Trans, 76K miles $8988 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited, like new cond., Michelins, sunroof, $9988 2008 GMC Envoy Denali, AWD, like new, $13988 HAWLEY MOTORS OVER 32 YEARS IN BUSINESS SARASOTA’S OLDEST DEALERSHIP Financing Available CARS WANTED - WE BUY CARS!

Autos Wanted

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

BIRD KEY SALE Friday, September 26 -10a.m.-3p.m.

650 S. Owl Dr.

PREMIUM ESTATE LIQUIDATORS ESTATE SALE Friday, Sept. 26 - 9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 27 - 9:00a.m. – 1:00p.m. (#’s out at 8) Airport Mall: 8251 15th St East (across from Rectrix)

Set of Baccarat stemware, Set of Nydia china

by Lenox, sterling, dining table with 8 chairs, Woodard patio furniture, other patio furniture, 2 rattan sofas & tables, Wurlitzer spinet piano, chandelier, 2 pair of wall sconces, plants, teak desk, lamps, mahogany bow front chest, sofa, server, pictures, books, yard tools, linens, & kitchen.

Sale by Julie McClure Pix: estatesales.net

Art, Antiques, Furniture Benefit Y programs for at-risk kids Photos: www.thesarasotay.org and www.estatesales.net

Merchandise Wanted DEMOLITION SALE

CASH FOR Old Military Items. Swords, uniforms, insignia & old guns. Call 941-416-3280.

Everything to be sold on Saturday, 9/27, 9am-3pm. There will be ample time to remove everything in days following sale.

Pools/Spas

Siesta Key.

Brand new, just installed, Jeld Wen impact and wind rated windows and sliding doors, all landscaping; palm trees and plantings, appliances, furniture (some Tommy Bahama), outdoor pool equiment and heater, patio furniture, kitchen and 4 bathroom cabinets and plumbing fixtures, 2 new A/C condensors and air handler, interior doors, 2 brand new Hurricane garage doors, remotes and rails.

EVERYTHING GOES. 5569 Cape Leyte Dr.

ESTATE SALE 3216 Casey Key Rd - Nokomis Saturday, Sept. 27 - 8:45a.m. - 2p.m.

Antique wall clock, set of Spode India Tree dishes, set of Wedgwood bone china, 14 pieces of Imari pattern Royal Crown Derby, Shelly, Lenox, Belleek, wood block prints, set of Austrian china, silver, lamps, fireplace bench, cast iron fern stand, miniature oil lamps, 41 pieces of Blue Willow by assorted makers, Florida style dining set, curio, HDTV, spool bed, standing jewelry cabinet, patio furniture set, older rattan pieces, binoculars, oil lamps, vacuum, wheel chair, walker, linens, a few tools.

Sale by Julie McClure Pix: estatesales.net

HOT TUBS - Slim Spas - Fiberglass Pools.

Local manufacturer offering to sell directly to the public at wholesale pricing. 941-462-0633.

Personals *ADOPTION*: Bilingual Global Professionals long to Stay-Home with 1st baby. Music, LOVE, Affection, Financial Security. FLBar 42311.

1-800-552-0045. Expenses paid.

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

$AVE AMNDONEY Y E N O M E K A M Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

GARAGE SALE As low as $1750 for 1 week!

Get a discount when you run your ad in more than one Observer.

Call 941.955.4888

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Things To Do GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION IN NAPLES JUST $185 PER PERSON ***

Your Mini-Vacation Includes: • Check-in Sunday through Wednesday only • Gulfside accommodations for 2 nights* • Continental Breakfast • Dinner 1 evening ($27 voucher) at your choice of 6 local restaurants plus additional 10% off 2nd evening dinner at The Turtle Club.** • Lunch 1 day ($12 voucher) at your choice of 6 local restaurants plus additional lunch per person at The Turtle Club.** • Admission to 1 of 4 local attractions (Some attractions may require additional fees) * Available through December 17, 2014. Holidays and weekends excluded.

Based on double occupancy. Tax, tip & resort fees extra.

Type of accommodation subject to availability.

Bayside condominiums available at different rates. ** An 18% gratuity may be added by lunch and dinner vendors. ***Limited to one per customer.

FOR RESERVATIONS,

CALL (800) 243-9076 or (239) 597-3144 9225 Gulfshore Drive North, Naples, Florida 34108

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Items Under $200 For Sale

www.vanderbiltbeachresort.com

Please mention code “PEL” when making your reservation.

Business Opportunities JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941-907-8141.

Help Wanted HAIR CUTTERY is seeking Stylists in Sarasota.

Build your clientele with no worries...$10 an hour guarantee for first 90 days! Earn up to 50% commission from Day 1! Must have a FL Cosmetology license. Call Tammy today at 386−218−4109 or check out www.haircuttery.com/careers WATER /FIRE /MOLD TECHNICIANS APPLICANTS NEED AT LEAST ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE IN WATER EXTRACTION AND BUILDING STABILIZATION OR TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. WE HAVE IMMEDIATE OPENINGS IN SARASOTA, AND MANATEE COUNTIES. MUST HAVE CLEAN DRIVING RECORD, RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION, CELL PHONE, PASS BACKGROUND CHECK AND DRUG TEST. EMAIL RESUME WITH COVER LETTER TO: APPLY@SVMASTER.NET OR FAX TO 239−425−0179. WWW.SVMRESTORATIONS.COM

Condos For Sale FREE! What every Real Estate buyer or seller needs to know!

Go to: www.yourmarketupdate.com LONGBOAT KEY: Northern end, sunny, spacious, desireable, 2BR/2BA, furnished condo. Great rental. Steps to private beach, heated pool, tennis, docks available. $328,800. 973-652-4444.

Homes For Sale DISTRESSED SHORT SALE. $499,000. Grand 3BR/3BA. Pool/spa. Brooke O'Malley, CLUB REALTY 941-726-2677 TRUE 4BR+DEN, 3BA/2.5CG, Built 2006.

Accented with pillars, crown moulding, landscaping, granite. $350,000. Brooke O’Malley, CLUB REALTY 941-726-2677

This week’s Crossword answers

WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Flooring STONE, TILE & WOOD FLOORING INSTALLERS. 20 Years Experience. Your flooring materials or mine. Lic./Ins. Call Joe, 941-929-3000.

Furnishings MATTRESS SALE! 50-80% OFF Retail! K Sets $290 Q $150 F $140 - Call Daniel, (941)387-4810.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales YARD SALE: 1642 Siesta Dr., 9/26 & 9/27.

9a.m.-2p.m. Low prices. Everything must go!

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This week’s Cryptogram answers OUR BOOKS 1/2 Price BEE RIDGE BOOKS 4104 Bee Ridge Road Bee Ridge Plaza Trade-In your Paperbacks 941-377-8998

Your source for local Classifieds

1. Here’s a very tall tale about fishy romance at sea: an Atlantic cod became enamored with a flashy ocean float. It was her lover buoy.

2. A man quietly stole a bulldog from a store downtown. He was quickly apprehended, booked and charged with petty theft!

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Carpentry

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

RON VOIT CARPENTRY LLC. Build, remodel, repair. Door and window replacement. Wood rot repairs. Interior alterations and trim. Kitchen and baths. Built-in cabinetry. Call Ron 941-228-7601.

State Lic. CBC1259788.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Cleaning

PEPPERTREE BAY, Siesta Key: 2BR/2BA, upstairs unit, Gulf views. Turnkey furnished, garage. Available November, $3800. Lisa Beach Agent, 941-374-9133 or E-mail: llblab@aol.com

AFFORDABLE CLEANING BY CARLA Most accounts start at $70.

Steam mop used for every visit.

Great references. Honest. Reliable.

941-894-9262

Adult Care Services LICENSED CNA, experienced, mature, capable, compassionate. Good cook, loves animals, transportation. Excellent references. Background screened. Linda 941-685-6299 PERSONALIZED INDIVIDUAL CARE IN YOUR HOME. Offering non-medical and medical care developed and designed for your wants and needs. Includes: Homemaking, errands, doctor’s visits, transportation, meal prep in conjunction with special dietary needs & medication supervision (plus so much more). For more details call 941.377.4465 or visit our website at www.EldercareSarasota.com or E-mail us at: EldercareSRQ@aol.com. Lic# 30211372, Bonded and Insured.

Flooring

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

Insured, Bonded. Affordable reliable home cleaning, $80, 2 cleaners, 2 hours.

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential. Meticulous Cleaning. Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable. Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

NINOSKA’S CLEANING Service. Experienced, Reliable, Trustworthy cleaning of home, condo, apartment. Resonable rates. (813) 377−6764.

T.S. CLEANING & Services. Family business relocated from MA seeking resid. & com. cleaning costumers. Excellent ref. 941 726−9558

AIR CONDITIONING

Pet Services

MASTER INSTALLERS. We install every species of wood ceramic tile that looks just like wood.

Working in and around Lakewood Ranch 10 years.

Lic./Ins. 941-929-3000.

DOGGY HOTEL/GROOMING. 24 Hour Daycare.

FREE Daycare with groom (we are the best).

3925 Brown Avenue behind Sleep King. doggyhotel.net 941-554-4620.

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Antique furniture and the original 1920s chandelier fit right into the home’s dining room, currently used as a den.

by Robert Plunket | Contributing Writer he prettiest corner in town? It may well be where Holly runs into Broughton, up in the Whitfield neighborhood. There, five old Spanish houses cluster together, shaded by enormous old trees, standing pretty much as they have for the past 88 years.

And if the houses seem related, they are.

Ralph Twitchell, the founder of the Sarasota School of Architecture, designed each of them. But they are anything but the modernist style for which Twitchell later became famous. These are in the classic 1920s Spanish Revival tradition, as interpreted by a master architect.

The house at 7316 Broughton St. is the smallest and simplest, but it may be the prettiest of all. It has an unornamented, almost rustic look, rather like a farmhouse in Andalusia — or Provence, for that matter. The sunlight filtering through the tree branches lends the soft, colorful atmosphere of an impressionist painting.

The home has had only three owners in its almost 90 years. The first was a re-

markable woman named Mabel Hodge, who traded real estate, did people’s taxes, wrote plays and entertained the town’s other Mable, Mrs. John Ringling, to tea and discussions about their mutual obsession, gardening. Then came the Woodhull family, who owned the house from 1968 until 1985, when Victoria and Timothy Creighton purchased it.

The Creightons, particularly Victoria, see the home as more than a place to live. Preserving its spirit has become a hobby, an obsession, almost a way of life.

“I should have lived in the 1920s,” Victoria Creighton says, looking around at the nostalgic world she has created. *** What’s remarkable about the old Hodge house is the way the interior lives up to the promise of its vintage exterior. It has never been remodeled in the usual sense of the word, just very carefully maintained.

“I don’t want granite counter tops,” Creighton says. “I don’t want an open plan.”

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The living room fireplace retains its original Craftsman tile work and wooden mantel.

The fact that so many of the original features were there, intact and functioning gave Creighton an unprecedented opportunity to step back in time. The lighting fixtures, including classic 1920s sconces (Creighton searches for period-appropriate light bulbs) are, for the most part, what was originally installed. The ground level retains the original tile floors, a scaleddown version of Saltillo tile that has weathered and aged beautifully. The second floor has the original hardwood floors, which complement the oak paneling in the front hall and stairwell. Both bathrooms have their original tile, and the living room fireplace, with its Craftsman-style surround and wooden mantel, has survived intact.

There’s even a little shelf for a telephone on the stairway landing.

There have been some changes, of course. The green shag carpeting of the Woodhull era has been removed, along with some 1970s paneling. The windows have been replaced by new soundproof versions, courtesy of the nearby airport authority, which tore down scores of homes in the area back in the 1990s as part of an ill-advised attempt at noise control. (The noise today, by the way, is not as bad as you might think. Residents say that after a week or so you don’t really notice it.) And at

Tile in the master bath is original to the home, as are the medicine chest and wall sconces.

some time in the past a low wall was built in front of the house, making an enclosed garden that completes the picture. The butler’s pantry has been converted into a tiny family room, and a back porch is now a much-needed laundry room.

Though it is not a large house — just more than 2,000 square feet — it was originally meant to be run by servants. There are chauffer’s quarters in the detached garage. And in an ironic twist of fate, the surprisingly large maid’s room on the ground floor, complete with beautifully tiled bath and walk-in closet, could easily function today as the master bedroom.

The home would be notable on its own, but coupled with its spectacular garden it becomes a showstopper. The plot is well more than half an acre and is anchored by a grouping of giant Cuban laurels. Wandering Jew is used extensively as a groundcover, and masses of over-scaled snake plants, along with ginger and night-blooming cirrus, add drama and an authentic 1920s feeling. As you wander the grounds, enjoying the breeze from the bay just a block away, you can’t help but wonder if Mable Ringling had a hand in planning this garden. After all, according to old documents, she originally owned the land on which the house was built.

An upstairs guest room features hardwood floors and French doors leading to a balcony.

*** Creighton is putting the house on the market with a somewhat heavy heart, because it has been such an important part of her life. She has combed local secondhand stores and flea markets for furniture and art that complement it and has not been above snatching some of her best finds from the curb, left out for the trash collectors.

The guiding force in all this has been Mabel Hodge, the home’s original owner.

Over the years Creighton has collected things that belonged to Mabel, including a candlestick and a monogramed silver spoon she found out in the yard. She even has a copy of one of Mabel’s plays, entitled “The King’s Temper,” published in 1935. This memorabilia she displays in the front hall.

But the display is informal and handson. “I don’t want people to feel like this is a museum,” she says. “I want it to be what it is — a warm, friendly home.”

7316 Broughton St. is priced at $389,000.

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Back in 1968, a sketch-comedy spoof of Berkeley musicals grew into a full-length musical. George Haimsohn and Robin Miller wrote the script and lyrics; Jim Wise composed the music. Part parody, part love letter, “Dames at Sea” opened off Broadway, and it’s sailing now in a Manatee Players production.

The plot? Do I have to tell you?

In a nod to Ruby Keeler, Ruby (Sarah Baeder) leaves Utah and arrives on Broadway with tap shoes in her suitcase and a prayer in her heart. Five minutes later, she lands a role in a major production and swoons in a sailor’s arms. Dick (Bill Shideler), the sailor in question, happens to be a composer/lyricist. These instant romantic leads get instant pals: Joan (Rachel Knowles), the brassy seenit-all chorus girl, and Lucky, the wiseguy sailor (Nick Drivas). Romance aside, the director (Jeff Sargent) is having a nervous breakdown.

The show opens tonight — and the show’s in trouble! To make more trouble, Mona Kent, the diva in charge (Kris Sethi), throws out the existing numbers and substitutes Dick’s stuff. Then the WPA decides to turn the theater into a roller rink, and bulldozers arrive. Hang on. We can stage the musical on a battleship — it’s “Dames at Sea,” right? Mona sweettalks the Captain (Sargent again) and he says yes. But Mona gets seasick, and Ruby gets to do the big number. A star is born. After the show, everybody gets married.

The material is a goof; Steve Dawson directs it without elbowing you in the ribs.

It’s a voyage on the seas of parody — and it’s all smooth sailing. He has a perfect ear for the original and gets the sounds, rhythms and mood exactly right.

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It’s a fast, fun show, with suitably zippy choreography from Pat Ross. Berkeley’s musicals were big cast productions.

“Dames at Sea” spoofs them with a tiny cast — a big part of the original gag, of course.

(There’s an inventive bit where they haul out reflective Mylar panels, which makes the six people tap dancing on stage seem like a crowd.) Scenic designer Michael Newton-Brown did a similar trick with his sets: minimal, dual-purpose stuff standing in for the films’ overblown, surreal originals.

Costume designer Becky Evans also captured the look and feel of the Berkeley’s flicks. Period garb but not spot-on realistic.

Everybody looks like they’re wearing a costume — or just walked out of a movie.

This satiric voyage is well worth taking.

You don’t have to know Berkeley’s films to enjoy it — and won’t shed a tear if you’re a big Berkeley fan. It’s gentle caricature, not a slap. The musical mockery is easy to miss. Something tells me many of the passengers in the audience did. They’re just enjoying the trip.

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Battle Against Breast Cancer As area residents welcome the fall, they also ready themselves for a battle against breast cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The American Cancer Society estimated there would be 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer (cancer that spreads from the point of origin and grows into the surrounding breast tissue) and another 64,640 cases of in situ breast cancer (breast

cancer in which abnormal cells line the breast ducts but do not grow beyond the layer where they originated) in 2013.

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Growing up, Connie Keen knew she wanted to travel.

Keen was born in the United States and traveled to Greece with her parents when she was a child.

She saw tourists with backpacks traveling around Greece.

“I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll do that, backpack around countries someday,’” says Keen, an East County resident.

When she was 34 years old, she traveled around Europe for 40 days by herself.

But the woman who felt she was born to travel stopped in her tracks in March 2008, when she discovered a small hard bump on the side of her right breast.

Her diagnosis: breast cancer.

Keen switched into survival mode yet found ways to stay active. She participates in local

events, such as the Dragon Boat Festival (see sidebar), and also attends a women’s group at her church, St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church.

“When you go through a traumatic experience, your whole life changes,” Keen says. “It’s like an out-of-body experience. You lose your hair, your eyebrows and even your eyelashes; you’re hairless from top to bottom. When you look in the mirror, you’re a different person. But you move past it, because there’s no going back.”

She believes that by keeping a positive attitude, researching information on breast cancer through the American Cancer Society and other local resources, as well as listening to their doctors, women can win the fight against breast cancer.

She has been cancer-free since she had her breast removed about five years ago.

And as she lets her shoulderlength, curly dark hair continue to grow, Keen has gained confidence and laughs as much as she can, she says.

She also works to get back to her adventurous ways and looks forward to her life’s next chapter.

She doesn’t want her disease to inhibit her decision-making any more.

“I’m one of those people who always moves on,” Keen says. “I don’t want my disease to define me. Breast cancer was just something I experienced in life.

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As an administrative assistant for the local American Cancer Society branch, Sarasota resident Lucy Fox made a career of assisting cancer patients.

Then, she became one.

She received her breast cancer diagnosis following her annual mammogram in September 2013.

“I was hearing the news for the first time over the phone,” Fox says. “I spent about 20 minutes pacing the floor and not knowing what to do.”

Fox tapped into her knowledge from working for the American Cancer Society for 14 years. She said the resources made available

to her gave her confidence and provided mental support.

“One out of eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime,” Fox says. “I thought about my sister and my niece, my friends and my cousins, and I was glad it was me instead of them. Maybe I saved them in some way.”

Fox had a lumpectomy — a procedure that removes the cancerous mass — Oct. 24. But her fight still wasn’t over. She needed chemotherapy and radiation treatments to help prevent the cancer cells from returning.

She lost her hair. And she scheduled her once-a-week chemotherapy sessions on

Wednesdays, so the nausea and other side effects could manifest over the weekend.

“I couldn’t miss work; I needed something to focus on,” Fox says.

The treatments raised her survival rate from 86% to about 98% — odds for which she is thankful.

Today, she is free of cancer and will participate in this year’s Making Strides Walk Against Breast Cancer event (see sidebar). She looks forward to her official cancerfree anniversary — 2018.

She sports a pixie cut as her hair continues to grow back — a reminder that she’s still here to tell her story, she says.

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HOW TO GET INVOLVED Sarasota and Manatee County residents will join in the fight against breast cancer during two fundraising events for the cause.

Next month, the American Cancer Society will host its annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, while the International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission will host the Dragon Boat Festival.

Both events raise money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.

The 3.1-mile Making Strides walk starts at 9 a.m. Oct. 18, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. Registration

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Last year, more than 8,000 people participated. Organizers hope to have a similar turnout this year as they attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records’ largest human breast cancer ribbon. Seven thousand participants will be needed to accomplish the task after the walk.

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The fourth annual Dragon Boat Festival follows from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26. Pre-festival events, including a pre-festival camp and team practice sessions, run from Oct. 20 to Oct. 23.

The festival will open with a ceremony from 5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 24, at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota, and races will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 25 to Oct. 26.

A Pink Paddlers Party will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 25, at Lakewood Ranch Main Street, as well.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer When: 9 a.m. Oct. 18; registration starts at 7:30 a.m.

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The root vegetable can be prepared in dozens of ways, including raw in salads, roasted, broiled, steamed, grilled and baked.

“Beets are a delicious and often overlooked fall vegetable that offers tremendous health benefits and adds versatility to your menu,” says Pam Mathis, a dietician and licensed wellness coach in Lakewood Ranch. “An ancient vegetable, beet greens were originally the only part of the plant that was eaten. However, now we know that the root itself and its juice offer wonderful flavors and nutrition, as well.”

Beets are a good source of vitamin C, fiber, potassium for muscle and nerve function, magnesium for smooth muscle contraction, manganese for liver, kidney and pancreas function and folate, which promotes cardiac health.

Beets are a higher carbohydrate vegetable, so Mathis says you should consume them in moderation. Individuals prone to kidney stones should avoid beets, too, because they are a good source of oxalates, which can cause kidney stones in predisposed individuals.

ROASTED-BEET HUMMUS Recipe courtesy of “Cooking Light” INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

1 small red beet 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts 4 garlic cloves, halved 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons walnut oil 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained

APPLE-STRAWBERRYBEET GREENS SMOOTHIE

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. Leave root and 1-inch stem on beet; scrub with a brush. Wrap beet in foil.

Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. Add walnuts and garlic to pan. Bake 7 minutes, or until nuts are toasted.

3. Cool for 10 minutes. Trim off beet root; rub off skin. Cut beet into quarters.

4. Place garlic in a food processor; process until finely chopped. Add beet and process until finely chopped.

Add walnuts, lemon rind and remaining ingredients. Process until smooth.

BEET AND GOAT CHEESE ARUGULA SALAD Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis, “Everyday Italian” INGREDIENTS

Recipe by Tracy Russell

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 3 tablespoons shallots, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon honey 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 6 medium beets, cooked and quartered 6 cups fresh arugula 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup dried cranberries or dried cherries 1/2 avocado, cubed 3 ounces soft fresh goat cheese crumbled

INGREDIENTS 1 large apple, cored 1 medium banana, peeled 1 cup whole strawberries 2 cups beet greens, chopped 4-6 ounces of water

DIRECTIONS

Combine ingredients in blender.

Process until smooth.

DIRECTIONS: 1. Line a baking sheet with foil. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

2. Whisk the vinegar, shallots and honey in a medium bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in the oil. Season the vinaigrette with salt and pepper, to taste.

3. Toss the beets in a bowl with enough dressing to coat.

4. Place the beets on the prepared baking sheet and roast until the beets are slightly caramelized, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Set aside and cool.

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Key to the Cure Shopping Weekend — starts at 10 a.m. Oct. 16 through Oct. 19, at Saks Fifth Avenue at The Mall at University Town Center. A portion of each day’s sales benefits Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s women’s cancer programs and the hospital’s Healthcare Foundation. Call 917-1286 for more information. 

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk — registration opens at 7:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9 a.m. Oct. 18, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. Making Strides is an opportunity to honor breast cancer survivors, raise awareness about reducing the risk of the disease and raise money to help the American Cancer Society provide research, support and access to mammograms for women who need them. Participants will also be asked to help join in ACS’ plan to create the largest live breast cancer awareness ribbon. Participants will walk the 3.1-mile course for the cause. Visit makingstrides.acsevents.org to register. 

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